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Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Candida Thompson / Bruce Liu

This is a moment everyone has been waiting for – Bruce Liu returns to NOSPR!In 2021, several days after his spectacular triumph in the 18th Chopin Competition, Bruce Liu gained 1,800 new fans as soon as he stepped onto the NOSPR stage (more people did not manage to enter the hall, even though, as we can remember, they tried!). Nevertheless, if we take into account the 300,000 online broadcast viewers, we can say that the concert sealed the Canadian pianist’s... Read full text

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Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Candida ThompsonViolin, Leading
Bruce (Xiaoyu) LiuPiano

Program

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major, op. 22 (arr. W. van Klaveren)Frédéric Chopin
Souvenir de Florence, op. 70Piotr Tchaikovsky
Aria, op. 9Mieczysław Weinberg
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21Frédéric Chopin
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Mandarin, French, English? For Bruce Liu, it’s just a question for the other person – the Paris-born Canadian with Chinese roots is equally fluent in all three languages. But his best means of expression is undoubtedly music. Since winning first place at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2021, the young pianist has been attracting crowds of new listeners with his subtle and unpretentious playing. Deutsche Grammophon hired him straight away as an exclusive artist and the doors of the great classical temples suddenly opened for the piano student, who has since surpassed the great promise that comes with such a competition win. His Chopin sounds like a language of its own – universally understandable and individually moving at the same time!